Research

This section provides an overview on Research Areas, ongoing Research Projects, ongoing Doctoral Research, Research Infrastructure, and Software and Hardware Tools.

Research Areas

Timber Architecture

Fibrous Architecture

Fibrous Architecture

Material Programming

AI and Data Integration

Agent-Based Modeling

Human-Machine Collaboration

Distributed Robotics

Aggregate Architecture

Funded Research Projects (ongoing)

List of Funded Research

DFG Cluster of Excellence EXC 2120

DFG Collaborative Research Centre SFB 1244

Using Wood Well

DFG Collaborative Research Centre SFB 1683

Form- and Utilisation-Aware Design Methods for Structures Made from Reused RC Elements

Autonomous Manufacturing
of Integrative Services

AMALTEA

InterReas: Interoperability and AI Reasoning for Timber Building Design and Fabrication

ArchiBioFoam

Universal Timber Slab

Semantic Building: Advancing Geometric Data Validation and Reasoning With Semantic Web Technologies in Architecture

Further Development, Holistic Evaluation and Monitoring of “Hybrid Wood – Natural Fibre Composite Building System”

Towards Human-Robot Co-Agency

Lights-Off On-Site Timber Construction

Multi-objective optimization and machine learning for climate-friendly building design

Passive Adaptive Soft

Computerbasierte Methoden und KI für die Planung klimaneutraler Gebäude

Material Driven Computational Design and Manufacturing for Self-Forming Curved Wood Furniture

Hybrid Wood-Naturalfibre Composite Building System

Self-forming Cylindrical Wood Components for Sustainable Lightweight Structures

Modular Data Architecture for Preparation, Annotation and Exchange for Conceptual Design

Data Processing and AI for Predictive and Adaptive Co-Design

Task and Motion Planning for Collaborative Robotic Construction with Irregular Materials

Innovative AI-based Sustainable Timber Construction Process Planning

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Doctoral Research (ongoing)

Doctorate Degree at the ICD

Towards Human-Robot Co-Agency: AI and Feminist Technoscience Perspectives for Diversity, Demography, and Democracy in Human-Robot-Collaboration in Architecture

Computational Co-Design for Fiber Composite Building Systems

Potentials and Limitations in Multi-storey Timber Building Design and Construction

Autonomous Assembly: Artificial Intelligence Methods for Collective Robotic Construction

Strategies for Human-Robot Collaboration in Building Prefabrication

Project-based Robotic Timber Construction

Adaptation Agency: Agent-based design methods for the architectural design and future reconfiguration of adaptive structures

Co-Design of Collective Robotic Construction Systems in Architecture

Mono-Material Wood Wall: Improving Building Physics and Production Efficiency in a Solid Timber Building Envelope

Computational Design and Fabrication for Collaborative, Mobile Robotic Fabrication Systems in Architecture

Integrated Computational Design Methods Based on Machine Learning Tools for Biomimetic Continuous Shell Extrusion

Evolution-Inspired Exploratory Design Tools

Erosion-Based Formation Processes in Architecture

Research Infrastructure

Additive Manufacturing Lab

Computational Construction Laboratory

Large-scale Additive Robotic Manufacturing Platform

Robotic Prototyping Laboratory

Software Tools

ABxM

Opossum

Vizor

Virtual Robot

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